Charles J. Maland

City Lights (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 1967, Charlie Chaplin told, 'I think I like 'City Lights' the best of all my films.' Based on archival research of Chaplin's production records, this work offers a history of the film's production and reception, as well as an examination of the film itself, with special attention to the sources of the final scene's emotional power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781838715090
• Artikelnr.: 60122137

Autorenporträt

Charles J. Maland is Professor of Cinema Studies, American Studies and English at the University of Tennessee, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments 1. The Ending 2. Chaplin's Hollywood Roots 3. Three
Preceding Features 4. Divorce and Tax Problems 5. Hannah 6. The Challenge
of the Talkies 7. Refining a Story 8. The Production Record in Perspective
9. A Troubled Production: To November 1929 10. The Production
Clarifies: From November 1929 11. Chaplin, the Jazz Age, and Submerged
Autobiography 12. The Narrative Structure 13. The Opening Scenes: A Closer
Look 14. Contrasting Moral Universes 15. Final Sequence: Part One 16. Final
Sequence: The Heartbreaking Ending 17. Release and Reception 18. The Legacy
of City Lights Notes Credits Bibliography